Community Impact Program Officer – Financial Stability

JOB SUMMARY

Reporting to the Senior Vice President of Community Impact, United Way California Capital Region’s Community Impact Program Officer-Financial Stability is responsible for assuring the successful development and implementation of community investment strategies that provide real, measurable benefits to the regional community and position United Way as the most effective option for donors who want to address local health and human services needs. United Way uses a collective impact approach, engaging multiple key stakeholders across a wide range of issues to catalyze and implement these community change strategies. The Program Officer also is responsible for providing oversight, staff support and facilitation of the United Way Financial Stability Impact Council and the Sacramento Assets & Opportunity Network. The Program Officer is responsible for developing and maintaining the working relationships with the representatives of nonprofit agencies and other interested volunteers who participate on the Impact Councils and the Sacramento Assets & Opportunity Network. The Program Officer helps to recruit volunteers from the community—both lay people and subject matter experts—to serve on these Impact Councils and local Assets & Opportunity Network. The Program Officer uses consensus management to help the Council and Network clearly define investment priorities and proposals and focus on strategies with measurable outcomes. Ultimately, the Program Officer is responsible for ensuring that Impact Council fulfills not only the needs of the community, but also the desires of donors for investments that have real impact.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Assist in the development, implementation and management of a departmental operating plan and budget that enables UWCCR to achieve its Impact objectives.

Assure the development of projects by Impact Councils that align with United Way’s investment priorities and produce measurable outcomes.

DESIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in business, public health, or social services or a related field.

3-5 years of full-time experience in business or organizational management, community development, social services or a related field—with demonstrated progressive increase in scope of responsibility and authority up to and including at least a department director level.

Experience developing and implementing operating plans and budgets.

Experience facilitating and arriving at actionable decisions in large, medium and small-scale community meetings.

Experience working with volunteers.

Experience working as a member of a management team.

Please submit your resume and cover letter for consideration.

If you have any questions about this job opening, please contact Tom Bennett